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I've been using Google Reader recently, following the lamented death of Planet Fleck, and I suppose I have to admit its better.
Here are some "shared items" if, for some reason, you want to read what I read.
politics:
Category: not fun at all
Tim Lambert normally does the Iraq war, for example this. But I was struck by a recent Economist (you know, those left-wing pinkos) article bemoaning Iraq's descent into a police state. Which is a shame, because in the nearly-unmitigated disaster...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 4:14 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: politics
Hearing about the Obama plan on BBC R4, my first reaction was but this is an obvious disaster for the tax-payer; a give-away to those who invest in it. If I had spare cash and lived in the USA, I'd...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 6:35 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: politics
Courtesy of A+S's Inaug party (great idea - thanks again), we watched the Inaug live on BBC, though I had to leave before the post-match analysis. I enjoyed it - it was a good show. His speech was well delivered,...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:11 PM • 72 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: politics
Israel disqualifies Arab parties ....
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:03 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: politics
Says Seed. CIP said that a while ago, but less politely. I'd prefer Obama, but I don't have a vote. Looks like the money is on Obama: 1-9 on, whereas McCain is 5-1. [Updates: Eli notes that Nature is endorsing...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 6:24 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: politics
I felt sure that I'd used this as a title before. But google assures me that no-one has used the phrase, which I fund rather hard to believe. Maybe I can copyright it. Its a useful phrase. I'm sure I...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:32 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: politics
Not Michael, sadly, but Sarah. Just my opinion, briefly: I know nothing about her (just like everyone else) but it seems transparently obvious that she has been chosen ins a hurry to hoover up the Hillary-ites; ie, she is a...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 4:23 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: politics
I don't really have a comment policy (for all I know I once posted one, but if I did, I've forgotten it). But my statement is: this is my site, and one of the facilities I provide is a signal...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 9:01 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: politics
Not that Georgia of course, I mean the country. In one of the stupidest political miscalculations since Bush thought it was a good idea to invade Iraq, the Georgian Prez seems to have decided that since everyone was watching the...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 6:08 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: politics
They're cr*p, aren't they? Tracy Says was the name of a band at the UK Met Office. They got their name from the quote :-). Reading the appalling stories that "Two computer discs holding the personal details of all families...
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Posted by William M. Connolley at 5:17 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks